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Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning – podcast
By December 29, 2025

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From October: Over a few brutal days i…

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei | Bashar al-Assad | Benjamin Netanyahu | Donald Trump | Gaza | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Middle East and north Africa | Nuclear weapons | Palestinian territories | Petrol prices | Syria | World news

Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning – podcast
By December 29, 2025

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.From October: Over a few brutal days i…

Read More Best of 2025: ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning – podcast
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Fire at Indonesia retirement home kills 16 people
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 29, 2025

Police say the fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home in the city of Manado killed 16 and wounded three others.

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Train derails in southern Mexico, killing 13 and injuring dozens
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 29, 2025

Mexico's Navy says the train was carrying 250 people when it derailed partially near the town of Nizanda in Oaxaca.

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China to stage drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’ to external forces
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 29, 2025

Beijing to impose sea, air restrictions for 10 hours starting at 00:00 GMT on Tuesday in five zones around Taiwan.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,404
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 29, 2025

These are the key developments from day 1,404 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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North Korea’s Kim oversees test launch of long-range cruise missiles
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 29, 2025

Kim urges 'unlimited and sustained' development of nuclear combat forces as North Korea gears up for key party congress.

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Any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be a ‘target’: Houthi leader
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 28, 2025

Israel on Friday announced it is officially recognising Somaliland, a first for the self-proclaimed republic since 1991.

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Mozambique win first ever AFCON game while Algeria reach last 16
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 28, 2025

Elsewhere in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Cameroon and Ivory coast draw 1-1 while Sudan see off Equatorial Guinea.

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US President Trump says Russia-Ukraine truce talks in ‘final stages’
ByAl Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera December 28, 2025

Peace deal nearly finalised 'that’s good for Ukraine, good for everybody', says Donald Trump as he welcomes Zelenskyy.

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